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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Anna-Marie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank you for letting us know. We will certainly make the changes on our database and mailing list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Desre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Anna-Marie Pienaar [mailto:Pienaram@ufs.ac.za] <br><b>Sent:</b> 08 February 2018 09:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za>; NSEF LISTS <nsef@lists.assaf.org.za>; irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za; scholpubtalk@googlegroups.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Lelani Oosthuizen <OosthuizenL@ufs.ac.za><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [NSEF] Predatory publishing from a global south perspective - Reggie Raju<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks for the link to article re the above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am resigning 30 June 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Can you please add Lelani Oosthuizen email: <a href="mailto:oosthuizenl@ufs.ac.za">oosthuizenl@ufs.ac.za</a> on you distribution list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=200 height=122 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="UFS Logo"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A71931'>Anna-Marie Pienaar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Officer: Research Development<br>Beampte: Navorsingsontwikkeling<br>PO Box / Posbus 339, Bloemfontein 9300, Republic of South Africa / Republiek van Suid-Afrika<br><img border=0 width=13 height=12 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="http://apps.ufs.ac.za/emailsignature/siteimages/icon_tel.jpg">051 401 3027<br><img border=0 width=13 height=13 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="http://apps.ufs.ac.za/emailsignature/siteimages/icon_cel.jpg">083 320 9698<br><img border=0 width=13 height=10 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="http://apps.ufs.ac.za/emailsignature/siteimages/icon_mail.jpg"><a href="mailto:Pienaram@ufs.ac.za">Pienaram@ufs.ac.za</a><br></span><a 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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #A71931 1.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=93 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="http://apps.ufs.ac.za/emailsignature/siteimages/inspire.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #A71931 1.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=111 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D3A0BF.DEB26FB0" alt="http://apps.ufs.ac.za/emailsignature/siteimages/inspireer.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> NSEF [<a href="mailto:nsef-bounces@lists.assaf.org.za">mailto:nsef-bounces@lists.assaf.org.za</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ina Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 08 February 2018 8:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> NSEF LISTS <<a href="mailto:nsef@lists.assaf.org.za">nsef@lists.assaf.org.za</a>>; <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>; <a href="mailto:scholpubtalk@googlegroups.com">scholpubtalk@googlegroups.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NSEF] Predatory publishing from a global south perspective - Reggie Raju<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Predatory publishing of great concern for all working in research, because it has a huge impact as far as “trusted research” concerns. In 2017 an article was published in <a href="http://www0.sun.ac.za/crest/?news=predatory-scholarly-publishing-south-africa">SA Journal of Science</a> to report on what is happening in SA. The blog article below some suggestions on how to move forward. All involved in supporting research plays an important role to prevent predatory publishing from growing, across the research sector. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="https://librarypublishing.org/predatory-publishing-global-south-perspective/">https://librarypublishing.org/predatory-publishing-global-south-perspective/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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